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Sunday, 24 February 2013

Some contest results

I just visited the site from the CQWW WPX organisation were you can find your result in every CQWW WPX contests you submitted a log. Last year I became 6th in the Single Operator Assisted All Band SSB section. You can download the standard certificate for it and so I did. I became 6th from the 10 submitters of my country. Not bad, but it could be better, although you need time and luck of course. I also got the result from last years national PA-beker contest. And again I became 2nd for the 3rd time in the QRP section. I already have a conclusion why, I just did a wrong gamble to make more QSOs on 80m and attended 40m much too late. Propagation on 40m was much better this year. I could have known that but then I should be more interested in the CW part on the day before, as propagation was almost the same that day.

Well, I missed a DXpedition again. I had some time today in the afternoon to work 9U4U but it seemed I am too late. I listened for them earlier his week, but their signal was too weak to try in the pile-up. I think working DXpeditions is more luck then make hours of time to work them these days. Anyway, I don't care and try for the missing DXCC when I'm retired in about 25 years. I guess propagation will be even better then. And I hope to have the antennamast up at that time :-) Till then, working DX or a new DXCC is pure luck. I hope to work some new ones next month in the WPX contest again!

Congratulations Bas on the awards! Yea, the BIG DXpeditions can be tough. Massive pile-ups can make it nearly impossible for use "little pistols" to snag them. Also, geographical location has plenty to do with it as well. An example would be a Pacific activation. I would not have any problems snagging something there but if it were toward Europe, I would have to deal with Europeans and the East Coast USA folks and the "WALL" of which I would be standing behind all of em. It can be fun chasing that new one but I'm not as serious as I used to be. If I work em, fine. If not, there will be another.

Absolutely Phil, it is for shure not the last activation ever. There wil always be another DXpedition. Besides that sometimes I listen to the pile-ups and think it is a matter of life or death for some people. Really, we just want to have fun with this hobby! And for the geographical position, well you always have a though path on that side but I think that keeps a DX contact more rewarding if you make it. 73, Bas